by FSL News | 9 Feb, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
- Sierra Leone young and talented attacker Emmanual Sahr Samadia made his Hapoel Umm Al Fahm in their goalless draw away to H-Rishon Le-Zion.
- The attacker capped a sensational opening 85th-minute on his debut for his new side in the Liga Leumit division in Isreal on Monday night.
Samadia, 19, who was on a month trial with Hapoel Tel Aviv, joined Hapoel Umm Al Fahm on a two-year deal a few weeks ago.
The result means they are presently standing 10th on the Liga Leumit table.
Hapoel Umm Al Fahm hosts H Ramat HaSharon on Friday 12th in their matchday 21.
He started his career as a 13-year-old boy with Sierra Leone Premier League side FC Kallon, has been handed a new prospect to continue with his development.
The exciting talent was part of the Sierra Leone African Cup of Nations squad as one of the home-based stars in the just concluded double-header against Nigeria.
Attacker Samadia thrilled with new Israel adventure
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by FSL News | 7 Feb, 2021 | African News, Sport News
A 5-0 thrashing to Mali at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies Senegal brought an end to Sierra Leone’s hopes of progressing to the men’s U17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Sunday.
After their opening 1-0 defeat to Guinea Bissau, Sierra Stars went into their final group game knowing they needed to win. A loss would end their chances of qualifying or progressing to the next stages of the competition.
However, their counterpart Mali proved too strong for the young lads from Freetown with goals from Youba Koita, Mamadou Doumbia and Bandiogou Diallo in the first 50 minutes dismantle Sierra Stars.
The Malians impressively completed their triumph with two more goals from Yacouba Maiga in the 67-minute and Diallo scored his brace in the 84th minute.
Head coach Raymond Lewis was self-assured to continue his unbeaten run with Sierra Stars unfortunately Guinea-Bissau and Mali was hard to crackdown.
Across all levels, Sierra Stars remain the only Sierra Leone side to have participated in a FIFA competition after their impressive performance in the 2003 U-17 African qualifiers hosted in Swaziland and qualified for the World cup finals in Finland alongside Nigeria and Cameroon under the guidance of former Sierra Leone International Musa Kallon.
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by FSL News | 7 Feb, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
Sierra Leone international John Kamara played the full throttle of the match as Keshla eliminated Kapaz 3-0 on aggregate on Sunday, to book Azerbaijan Cup semi-finals spot.
The two-time Azerbaijan title holders defeat their host 2-0 at Ganja city stadium on Sunday.
In the first leg, they won 1-0 last Tuesday with the only goal of the match was scored by Cesar Meza Colli in the 43rd minute.
Kamara is hoping his side can replicate 2018 as they look to revamp their season.
“It will be nice to reach the final, and work towards winning it, but this is football you cannot predict anything just give your best on the pitch,” Kamara optimistic ahead of semis.
“Everyone at the club will love to win it this year. However, so does the other tough sides in the competition the like of Qarabag, Sumgayit, Zire and Neftçi.”
“As a team, we looking forward to the semi-final end of April.”
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by FSL News | 7 Feb, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- The West Africans claimed bronze medal at the African Nations Championship after proving too strong for hosts Cameroon on Saturday.
- Guinea ended this year’s tournament strongly with a 2-0 triumph to win the third-place playoff in the tournament that is exclusively for footballers who compete domestically in Africa.
A fast start from Syli Nationale helped them to two first-half goals as Cameroon were unable to respond at the Reunification Stadium in Douala.
Guinea got off to the perfect start when Morlaye Sylla, who has enjoyed an impressive tournament for the West African nation, split the Indomitable Lions defence before slotting in past Cameroon keeper Haschou Kerrido to make it 1-0 inside the first ten minutes.
They doubled their advantage just before the break when Mamadouba Camara finished decisively after springing Cameroon’s offside trap to make it 2-0.
In the second half, Cameroon tried to rally for a way to a comeback, but their efforts were unproductive.
The final between defending champions Morocco and Mali is set for Yaoundé on Sunday with FIFA President Gianni Infantino expected to attend.
Although the tournament is restricted to home-based players, matches carry full international status and count toward the monthly FIFA world rankings.
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by FSL News | 6 Feb, 2021 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News
- Uncertainty looms large ahead of the Sierra Leone Football Association election this month in Makeni, Northern Province of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone superstar, Mohamed Kallon could be offered a lifeline to contest for president of the Sierra Leone Football Association after the country’s parliamentary sports committee offered to mediate in his disputed disqualification from the race.
After a meeting with members of the FA including top government officials in parliament on Friday, the committee issued a four-point statement to quell the controversy following Kallon’s disqualification.
It called in the sports ministry and the National Sports Authority to further engage all “stakeholders” who in turn should send, in writing, to the committee, solutions for a successful resolution of the current “impasse”.
Former Sierra Leone skipper Mohamed Kallon and prominent administrator, Kasho J Holland-Cole’s nomination process was declined despite their appeals.
Parliament oversight committee will meet with members on Wednesday, according to the statement.
Despite not taking any position to influence the FA’s electoral process, there are fears however that the committee’s mediation could be interpreted by Fifa as political interference which could lead to a global ban by the world football body.
Sierra Leone was previously banned by Fifa in 2018 after the anti-corruption agency raided and closed the FA’s offices following allegations of corruption against incumbent Isha and Secretary-general Chris Kamara.
Both were later acquitted and found not guilty.
It is worth mentioning that under Johansen’s leadership, Sierra Leone is renowned for its power struggle.
FIFA suspends Sierra Leone soccer Association
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by FSL News | 5 Feb, 2021 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News
- Mighty Blackpool Football Club is proud to launch an all-new website.
- As part of their rebranding and restructuring, Sierra Leone’s most decorated club, Mighty Blackpool has been able to deliver a website that will provide a consistent and official stream for information to their fans worldwide.
Due to their enormous fan base at home and abroad, the plethora of WhatsApp groups, and social media pages made a lot of information oftentimes unreliable.
The Tis Tas Boys are keen to adopt many fan services on-line as quickly as possible. At the moment, their different membership platforms are available for sale on their website.
They are working to make membership purchase seamlessly available for those based in the diaspora very shortly, where the credit, debit cards and cryptocurrency will be accepted for payment.
The club is also working to have jerseys and other memorabilia available for purchase through the website.
Mighty Blackpool was until late last year, embroiled by infighting which affected the performances on the pitch and even had the team at the bottom of the table midway through the last season.
However, after the previous administration stepped down and dissolved, a good run of games ensured they were able to get into safety.
By MBFC PRO Ibrahim Sahid Sankoh
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